Today presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was interviewed at length on television by Andrea Mitchell. Much of the interview consisted of questions about a fictional email-server scandal, dreamed up in right wing think tanks. This imaginary problem has been eagerly promoted by news people because they don't like Clinton any more than I do. What struck my wife, though, was Hillary's answer to a simple question. Should we be taking in more Syrian refugees?
Andrea got the standard Hillary answer. It was a boring ten minute digression that covered the duties of the United Nations, the slow response to Syrian refugees by Asia, the need for discussion and unity, and blah blah blah blah blah. Our probable next President never said whether we should be taking in more refugees. Message discipline is her middle name.
Why say anything? If you take a position, some voters might disagree. Just blah blah and smile with cool self-control. Nothing human there. (If Hillary wins the nomination, she'll get my vote, because that's the system we have in these parts. It will be her vs. a Republican flesh-eating virus.)
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